Video: Tarantino inspired art heist at FACT

On 11 March, FACT joined forces with Purple Revolver to create a Quentin Tarantino inspired art heist flash mob to celebrate the season of the Pulp Fiction mastermind's films at the Picturehouse cinema.

20 March 2013

FACT's upstairs bar played host to a live canvas painting of
Kill Bill character Gogo, by Liverpool's top graffiti
artist Dead One during a double bill screening of Kill Bill
1&2.

Vsitors were treated to an impromptu performance featuring a gang,
clad in black and white suits, who stormed the building with
samurai swords and stole the painting during the intermission of
his two part martial arts epic. The flash mob, (watch in the
Related Media section on this page), paid tribute to
the stylish 2003 movie, by bringing the Oscar winning
writer-director's Crazy 88 characters bursting off the
screen and into real life.

Event specialists Purple Revolver have previously produced a
Rene Magritte inspired flash mob at Tate Liverpool and also hosted
Tarantino at their Death Proof after party, when
the director brought the film's UK premiere to
FACT in 2007.

Purple Revolver Art Director Pierce King said: "The visceral power
in Tarantino's movies provides so many iconic moments to choose
from for inspiration. But with Kill Bill showing, we knew
we had to stage a flash mob featuring the Crazy 88 and what better
way to bring them to life than an art heist.

Liverpool enjoys a special connection with the director after he
brought his UK premiere of Death Proof to the city and Picturehouse
at FACT's seasons on his films is a rare chance to see them on the
big screen.